Wearing Power Armor to a Magic School: The CCID Excercises aka Emma's Homework (Bonus Content)

Hello Commissioned Pioneers! 

I've had this idea floating in my head for a while now so I'm glad I've finally been able to put it to writing! This is the start to a new type of Bonus Content! One that more or less has the same vibe as the internal correspondences, but that focuses instead on Emma! 

What this is, is effectively a series of what could best be described as 'homework' material assigned by different departments at the IAS to Emma as part of her prepwork prior to being sent to the Nexus! This particular set of assignments is called the Cross-Cultural Information Dissemination Exercises or the CCIDEs. What they effectively are, are a bunch of essays Emma has to write up to more or less brainstorm what it is she should or shouldn't say when she heads on over to the strange world on the other side of the portal. The sociologists and the people working on thee IAS more or less have already written up an entire manual on this, the Social Integration and Operations Protocol (SIOP) as mentioned in the story. However this exercise is more or less an attempt to see what Emma would naturally gravitate to or think of, in addition to the SIOP. That's why it was handed out so early in her training. It's a way for her instructors to know her better so that they can adapt the training to be tailored towards her rather than just regurgitating the SIOP for her to memorize. 

The instructors also know that there's only so much the SIOP can explain, as they have very little idea what type of society is on the other side of the portal. As a result, they want Emma to do these exercises in order to help strengthen her ability to improvise and adapt in new situations that might demand something outside of the scope of the SIOP. 

It's part of my attempt to demonstrate the competence of the IAS and the UN in general as they try their best to prepare Emma for the other side! 

It's also a way for me to expand and show the world on our side of the portal with world building and with discussions made that alludes to the state of affairs on future circa 3047 era humanity! :D However, similar to the internal correspondences, it's written from an in universe perspective so it's still prone to the biases of the character writing it! ;D 

Anyways, I really do hope you guys enjoy it, because I find it really fun to explore more aspects of the story beyond what we usually see! :D

Again this is very much experimental, and it's just something new I'm trying! I'll only write this so long as I have the time to do so, as I don't want it to interfere with the quality of the main story! :D